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Your Great-Grandson's Holiday Favorite
Using Spotify playlist data to guess the next classic Christmas song
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Chris Dalla Riva
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The Most Influential Rock Band
U2? The Who? Herman's Hermits?
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Does Thanksgiving Music Exist?
You can almost hear the turkeys singing
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Can I Get an Encore, Do You Want More?
Every show has an encore, right?
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Immortality in 7-Seconds
Almost 40 years later, the Amen Break remains as vital and confusing as ever
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We'll Have Halloween on Christmas
A spooky music boom may be upon us
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This is Our Band Name. Period.
The shockingly interesting history of incorrect punctuation in artist names
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The Hardest Thing for A Musician to Do
Sure, making a classic is hard. Imagine doing it for 40 years.
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The Great Generational Snob Shift
The omnivores have won for now
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Hey Jude, Are Song Titles Showing Up Later?
Chris Gunther stops by to investigate an unexpected song-titling trend
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The Best Year for Album of the Year
Was it 1985? 1992? 1968? Let's argue!
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14
The New National Anthem
"The Star-Spangled Banner" is as American as the tomato is Italian.
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